ramassa
\ʁa.ma.sa\
The verdict
“ramassa” is uncommon French (frequency #81,478 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,478
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de ramasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ramassa · ramassa · French
ramassa · rank #81,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,478
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Radovan
Nearest frequency peer: Radovan (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ramassa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quia
quia
18,527 corpus weight
- raccoon
raccoon
18,526 corpus weight
- Radovan
Radovan
18,525 corpus weight
- ramassa
ramassa
18,523 corpus weight
- rament
rament
18,521 corpus weight
- rationalisé
rationalisé
18,520 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ramassa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ramassa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.ma.sa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ramassa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ramassa is uncommon French at frequency #81,478 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.ma.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de ramasser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ramassa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ramassa, spelled R-A-M-A-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de ramasser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ramassa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le motard découvrit ce qu’il cherchait dans l’une des poches pratiquées dans le capitonnage des portières et, sans se donner la peine de procéder à une vérification, il dégonfla les pneus de la traction de quatre coups de poinçon, ramassa le couteau, réenfourcha sa machine et fila.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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